I laughed when I saw this post, since I have to see it virtually every single day on my way to school. XD
I have to say that it's looking a lot better than it did before. While it was under construction, it looked... special.
While I don't hate the new building, I'm not happy that they had to tear down a sizable section of the museum to build it -- especially since it doesn't increase the size of the building so they can still only display less than 5% of their collection. It also put the ROM in debt. Stupid napkin.
Oh, and they were going to build a 40 story condo behind it to match, but everyone vetoed the idea. XD
It wouldn't surprise me. Such a shame about the size issue. People seem to only go for the look rather than functionality these days... such a bad way to spend money.
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It was designed on a napkin. :D
Date: 2007-06-21 10:36 pm (UTC)I have to say that it's looking a lot better than it did before. While it was under construction, it looked... special.
While I don't hate the new building, I'm not happy that they had to tear down a sizable section of the museum to build it -- especially since it doesn't increase the size of the building so they can still only display less than 5% of their collection. It also put the ROM in debt.
Stupid napkin.Oh, and they were going to build a 40 story condo behind it to match, but everyone vetoed the idea. XD
Re: It was designed on a napkin. :D
Date: 2007-06-22 09:07 am (UTC)